[JOE ADAMOV PASSED AWAY]

JOE ADAMOV PASSED AWAY

We are sad to inform you that after a long illness, our colleague and friend – Joe Adamov passed away.

In 1942, at the age of 21, after graduation from Moscow’s Pedagogical Institute, Joe came to work as an announcer at the foreign language service of Radio Moscow. In due time he became a top-class journalist. He had no holds barred to him. He interviewed ambassadors, government ministers and top officials of foreign states. For over 40 years had Joe hosted one of the most popular programs with the Voice of Russia English language service – Moscow Mailbag. His profound knowledge, all-around education and versatile knack for the English language helped Joe handle any questions, including tricky ones.

His keen sense of humor always enlivened his answers and appealed to his listeners. Joe was frequently invited to visit overseas, where he gave lectures and participated in popular talk-shows in the United States, Canada, Britain and Australia. He was recognized by moguls of international journalism, such as Walter Cronkite, Phil Donahue, Larry King.

Joe was also greatly respected in our office. Over many years of his service with us he trained several generations of professional announcers, translators and journalists. We will miss greatly his kind advice and instructions.

Joe Adamov has made a great contribution into this country’s foreign language broadcasting and was bestowed multiple government awards. With millions of our English-language listeners we mourn our dear Joe.